Knitted sweater.



N. N'EUMAN.

KNITTED SWEATER. ATION FILED OCT 2| AP ms. 1 ,2? 9,41 l Patented Sept; 17, 1918. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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. NATHAN NEUMAN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSY VANIA, ASSIGNOR o HIMSELF AND GEORGE G UsHLAW; or PHILADELPHIA, :rE NsYLvA IA, COPARTNEBS TRADING AS PARAGON KNITTING MILLS.

To all whom/it may concern;

Be it known that I, NATHAN NEUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Knitted Sweaters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a knitted sweater having a lapel and collar so knit and so secured to the body of the sweater as to adapt them to be folded in different ways to produce different effects.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sweater body with the lapel and collar attached, looking toward the front. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking toward the side. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the mode of knitting. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are partial front views showing the way in which the parts may be adjusted to produce effects different from that shown in Figs. 1 and2.

The lapel, the collar, and the opposite margins (carrying respectively the buttons and button holes) of the front of the sweater, are knit in one piece having, preferably, the shape shown in the shaded part of Fig. 3. The knitting may start at either end of the piece. Assume that it starts at the top edge 11. The knitting proceeds with the formation of a fabric of uniform width to the points 22, where, if desired, end needles, in successive courses, may be thrown out of action one by one to form the indenture 01', although it is not necessary to the. carrying out of mv invention in its broadest aspect that this should be done. ting reaches the line 33, the collar a is completed. After bringing into actionthe end needles that have been thrown out, and throwing out of action a number of centrally located intermediate needles, the knitting then continues to the line 44 to form the two lapels I), such shape as is desired being imparted to the lapels by throwing out of action, from time to time, successive end needles. Beyond the line 4-4, the two strips KNITTED SWEATER.

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When the knit Patented Sept. 17,

Application filed. October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,844.

c are knit of uniform, but comparatively narrow, width, and of suflicientlength to extend from the lapel to thebottom 0f the sweater. i

The body zof the sweater maybe knit in the form "shown in the unshaded partof Fig. 2, it being understood, however, that such body also underlies the shaded part of Fig. 2, but does not underlie the slot-like space within the opposite edges :0 of the lapels b and strips 0 and the edge y' of the collar (1.

'Inother words, thebody of the sweater may be knit in the shape of a perfect rectangle and the slot included with the lines, w, 00,11; cut out; or the slot may be formed by dropping out the needles during the knitting of that part of the sweater below the line 3-3. It will be understood that the part e of the sweater body above theline 33 forms the back of the body, while the parts, 7, f, below the line 3-3 form the front of the sweater body.

The piece a, b, 0 is applied to the face of the body, as shownin Fig. 3, and stitches thereto along the lines as, m, y. The outside edges of the back 6 are secured to the outside edges of the front 7, leaving openings to form the arm-holes. This completes the sweater.

It will be understood that any type of stitch may be employed, such as half Cardigan, full Cardigan, or zig-zag, and with from a one to a five needle rack. The stitch ing may be varied at any location of the sweater, an example of such variation being indicated by the transverse lines extending across the body in Fig. 3.

The piece a, b, 0 may be knit with the same stitch as the body 6, for with a dife tained in that shape by fastening the loop 2' to the button j, thus producing a military collar effect.

In Fig. 6, the lapel is closed as in Figs. 4 and 5 and the collar is brought over the head and retained in position by a bridge strip k buttoned at opposite ends to the buttons m and n, thus producing a sweater suitable for use in aviation.

I prefer to form the collar with the'indenture (Z because when so formed it is found to more readily adapt itself to different effects. 1

Having now fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A sweater comprising an open front body and a piece secured thereto, said piece comprising a collar member and two spaced apart strips forming the marginal front portions of the sweater and widened and shaped at the ends thereof adjoining the collar to form lapels, the body of the sweater being secured to the inner edges of the two strips and to the lower connecting edge of the collar member.

2. A sweater comprising a body composed of aback and a front, the latter comprising two sections spaced apart andunited to the back, and a piece comprising a collar portion applied to the back adjacent to the boundary between the front and back of the body and two strips applied to the front along the opposing edges of the spaced apart sections, said piece being secured to the body along the edges of the open space between said two strips, and the collar adjacent to the boundary between the front and back being relatively narrow, thereby forming an 'indenture which allows the collar to more readily adapt itself to different effects.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 18th day of October, 1916.

NATHAN NEUMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. 

